Violent Fugitive Arrested After Less Than 24 hours on New Mexico’s Wanted List

Las Cruces, NM- The United States Marshals
Service arrested Jesus Loya in the early evening of May 19, 2011. Loya was
wanted out of Dona Ana County for Kidnapping (2nd Degree), Criminal
Sexual Penetration (2nd Degree), Aggravated Battery against Household
Member, Aggravated Assault against Household Member, Bribery or Intimidation of
a Witness, and Misdemeanor Battery on a Household Member. Loya is a confirmed
Sureño 13 gang member with an extensive criminal record and was added to the New
Mexico Most Wanted list as a Most Wanted Gang Offender only hours before his
arrest.

Investigators developed information that lead them to a house in Vado, NM.
Deputy U.S. Marshals made contact with the occupants of the residence and
learned, Loya was on foot in the Vado area looking for a job. Deputy Marshals
saturated the area and located Loya in the desert attempting to dig out a stuck
vehic was placed
under arrest and transported back to Dona Ana County Detention Center in Las
Cruces, NM.